Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

BMI fails to predict long-term mortality risk, while direct body fat measurement via bioelectrical impedance is a far more accurate indicator. The study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all ...

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate ...

Body fat percentage (BF%) may be a better predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals aged 20-49 years than BMI, according to a new study published in the Annals of Family ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

If the BMI standard for obesity is raised, some individuals who were previously classified as obese will now be classified as merely overweight or normal, despite their physical condition ...